Pig parts! Think house-cured meats and meat and cheese boards, plus pizza. (Getting the Salty Pig pizza with farm-fresh eggs on top should be mandatory.) Bathrooms are wallpapered with The Far Side comics. Oh, and the beers are always good too.

From the massive carved wood bar to the pre-Prohibition bartender garb to the unbranded tap handles, it smacks of the old school. Expect a classic, sessionable, non-compromised beer selection with cask ales and the occasional über-beer-geek offering. Bonus: jm Curley is across the street.

Ho-ho-hops! Beer is the world's most popular alcoholic drink. Living during this current renaissance of craft beer has allowed a wide spectrum of styles and flavors to become available, making the beverage even more accessible than ever.

Review: Doherty's East Avenue Irish Pub Doherty's East Ave Irish Pub is an old-fashioned gem: an informal eatery where you can chow down on wonderful food over a brew or a few: there are 157 on tap and in bottles, at last count.

Get ready for Providence Craft Beer Week With the weather cooling down and the Oktoberfest 200th anniversary celebration in full swing in Munich, October just feels like beer drinking season. So it's only fitting that the first annual Providence Craft Beer Week will take place October 1-8.

BEER ADVOCATE: TOURING BOSTON’S BREWERIES | March 01, 2013 Although there are upwards of 40 licensed brewers in Greater Boston, many brew under contract at breweries that sell their excess capacity to other beer companies.

BEER ADVOCATE: SIXPOINT'S NEW SIP | February 06, 2013 This Valentine's Day, make it a threesome. We're of course talking about the new Sixpoint beer, 3Beans, infused with coffee, cacao, and Romano beans.